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Health Workers In HRM Vote To Strike

Release: Halifax – 1,944 members of Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU) Local 42, Health Care Bargaining Unit at the Capital District Health Authority, have voted in favour of strike action to back their demands at the bargaining table.

“Local 42 is in conciliation all this week and it is our intention to try to reach a collective agreement that the membership will accept and avoid job action,” says NSGEU President Joan Jessome. “It is obvious the membership of Local 42 is looking for more than what has been offered at the bargaining table which is 1% in each of a two-year agreement and nothing else.”

The union received 2,341 ballots. 85% of these, or 1,944 ballots, were in favour of strike action to support their bargaining committee.

“Our members have spoken loud and clear that the employer’s offer is simply not good enough,” says Jessome.